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Old 05-13-13, 07:24 PM
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Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

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Romantic connections heat up between two couples -- Miles (Billy Burke) and Nora (Daniella Alonso) and Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) and Jason (JD Pardo) -- but disastrous drone strikes from the Militia threaten them all. An assassination attempt on Monroe (David Lyons) heightens his paranoia and Georgia Federation President Foster (guest star Leslie Hope) contemplates surrender. Meanwhile, Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell) and Aaron (Zak Orth) push through the Plains Nation into Colorado. Also starting Giancarlo Esposito, Mark Pellegrino

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Old 05-13-13, 08:15 PM
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

That synopsis is clearly missing words. It may be better that way.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

So, how many who hate this show, every week, still watched and hate it still ?
Coolest part was something that probably went unnoticed ... the Raspberry Pi !
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

Mother-effer still 3 episodes left!!!!

I just want to finish the season and I'm done.

So Charlie is Miles daughter?
Rachel is evil now?
Poor "Jacob".
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

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So Charlie is Miles daughter?
They'd been hinting at that for several episodes already.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

I can't say I hate it, but I watch it more for the mystery of the midic... I mean nanites than for the characters.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

I guess they are mass producing those power dealies beacuse it seems like there's so much tech out there now. Why not use the drones to just take out Atlanta?
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

Drones!

How topical.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

I hope Monroe bites it already and Rachel ends up being the new big bad.
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In what alternate universe does a Mac Classic have a green monochrome screen instead of grayscale? I've put up with a lot of s*** from this show but I'm drawing the line right here.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

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I hope Monroe bites it already and Rachel ends up being the new big bad.
I don't think Rachel is inherently evil; she's just a little over-focused on her short kill list. After Monroe and Miles (and maybe a few others we don't know about yet, maybe Tom) are dead, she'll be perfectly normal.
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McGoogle will become her Sith apprentice.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

Monroe is so paranoid that all he can do is get teary-eyed and drool. He wont be left with much if he suspects everyone around him.

I started thinking the other night after the show, I wonder if a fanedit could mesh this and Jericho into a small movie. There is a lot that can fit but the only problem is getting Jake Green and Robert Hawkins to meet up with Miles and the gang to take over Monroe ...
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Last week (or the week before) Monroe killed his past love; this week his killed his last friend. These were in addition to all the other sins he's committed. How many more ways do they need to show us that he's evil? We get it already! It's like the writers couldn't think of anything new to do with him, so they came up with filler to show us yet again what a prick he is.

I hope Miles dies in the finale. Billy Burke is so emotionless in the role he makes you think Miles cares about no one. If that's the case, why doesn't Miles just go live like a hermit somewhere? If he does care about Nora and Charlie, then why doesn't he ever show it (or at least crack a smile)?

Those nanites (or whatever they were called) sure worked fast! Rachel was up and running in no time. Didn't even need rehab.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

Monroe didn't kill his past love, at least not directly. He did try to burn her and the whole town to death, and was then threatening to kill her when he used her as a shield but it was one of the Georgia guys that actually did it

edit to fix some weird typos

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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

Originally Posted by mikehunt
Monroe didn't kill his past love, at least not directly. He did tree to burn her and the whole town to death, and was then threatening to kill her when he used her as a shield but it was one of the Georgia guys that actually did it
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

Currently still working on the assumption that the show's last moment is to flash forward and we find Monroe to be the George Washington of the new era.

Aaron is still a cannibal - I suspect he licked his fingers clean after shoving that device into Rachel's leg.

Can we assume that Monroe's son is going to be part of Charlie's love triangle? I suspect it'll be like this:
- Monroe's son seeks out Miles because he thinks Miles is his father
- He meets Charlie, his cousin. There's a flirtiness, but it's okay, she's only a cousin and that's not a bad thing is it? They somehow kiss for whatever reason and both feel icky about it, but tempted.
- It's revealed Charlie is Miles' daughter
- Monroe's son freaks out. Sure, the dirty thoughts about his cousin and the kiss wasn't a bad thing...but it was really with his sister! He runs away in shame to keep away from Charlie.
- Monroe's son gets found by Monroe and he finds out that he has absolutely no relation to Charlie!
- Lotsa stuff happens to get Monroe's son, Boy Band and Charlie back together. One of the dudes dies saving Charlie. The End.

Twist, it turns out a Monroe is a hero at the end, but it's Charlie's husband: Monroe's son. The The End.

Okay, that was horrifyingly bad, but I needed to get that crap outta my head. :P

Edit: Oh, and why did Aaron want to stay to help the other people? He heard Rachel say "bruised ribs" at the house, and that's his favorite kind of ribs.

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rare picture of Aaron, that's human blood not sauce on his beard
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Re: Revolution -- "The Longest Day" -- 5/13/13

Originally Posted by Raul3
Mother-effer still 3 episodes left!!!!

I just want to finish the season and I'm done.
That's exactly what I was thinking. It feels like work to watch this show. But it's like watching a trainwreck. Feel like I have to see it through at least to the end of the season. A couple of notes:

- I'm a little impressed that they got so many talented actors to sign onto such a piece of turd.

- The writer should be fired and never be allowed to work in Hollywood again.

- A big part of why the writing doesn't work is that they've turned some of the characters into such unfeeling assholes they're not realistic characters anymore. Charlie's our main protagonist and she doesn't flinch anymore when Uncle Miles slaughters someone. Hard to root for someone who doesn't even seem human anymore. That goes for just about everyone.

- McGoogle is still fat even though he hasn't consistently eaten in how many months (years)? Come on.

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